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republicans on the panel asked if the state department had been to libya. the response was no and so there's a conflict about what was the appropriate level at the time? the state department officials say they believe that they were appropriately staffing curt in the country at the time. they also talked about being sort of in realtime conversation with the people who were in the consulate at the time this was all happening. and there were phone calls going back and forth between what was happening on the ground in mbenbenghazi to tripoli and her washington where there were officials who were trying to figure out how to get resources to them. that raised part of the question, if you will. if they were in that moment by moment contact, again, how did the issue of a spontaneous protest based on a video come up? really haven't gotten an answer to that. certainly, there are concerns of the gravity of the situation. you have people in both parties looking at this with a serious mind but there's also some of the political overtones that are clearly playing out, a
republicans on the panel asked if the state department had been to libya. the response was no and so there's a conflict about what was the appropriate level at the time? the state department officials say they believe that they were appropriately staffing curt in the country at the time. they also talked about being sort of in realtime conversation with the people who were in the consulate at the time this was all happening. and there were phone calls going back and forth between what was...
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let me tighten in on libya. what are the fair questions at this point regarding what happened there? we saw david plouffe with david gregory yesterday. what are the fair questions? >> it's fair to understand exactly what the threat assessment was before the attack and to understand what preparations were made and these are the kinds of questions that should be asked, the bipartisan senate foreign relations committee letter from late last week came out with that type of request and the intelligence community, the state department, they are certainly most interested in ensuring that nothing like this happens again. so that needs to be understood. apparently there was an effective rebuff to an attack in june by local forces. >> correct. >> that gave confidence to the americans. that may have been overconfidence. we'll have to see what happens. >> but based on the information available right now, you're saying it may have been overconfidence, it seems that at least the evidence is pointing to the fact that it was he
let me tighten in on libya. what are the fair questions at this point regarding what happened there? we saw david plouffe with david gregory yesterday. what are the fair questions? >> it's fair to understand exactly what the threat assessment was before the attack and to understand what preparations were made and these are the kinds of questions that should be asked, the bipartisan senate foreign relations committee letter from late last week came out with that type of request and the...
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that gives us, you know, great hope for, you know, what can happen in a place like libya. >> thanks so much, robert gibbs, see you in denver, be there tomorrow. >> thanks, andre ya. >> up next, the testy senate debate in massachusetts. and still ahead, mitt romney's debate strategy. we'll talk to his top adviser kevin madden. join us in denver at the site of the first presidential debate. among our guests obama depppy campaign manager stephanie cutter, michael benefit and jim talent. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. so anyway, i've been to a lot of places. you know, i've helped a lot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. we create easy-to-use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next
that gives us, you know, great hope for, you know, what can happen in a place like libya. >> thanks so much, robert gibbs, see you in denver, be there tomorrow. >> thanks, andre ya. >> up next, the testy senate debate in massachusetts. and still ahead, mitt romney's debate strategy. we'll talk to his top adviser kevin madden. join us in denver at the site of the first presidential debate. among our guests obama depppy campaign manager stephanie cutter, michael benefit and jim...
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and how do you expect him to handle the libya issue? >> well, i think that this is an area where the president always has an upper hand on the challenger because you really don't have experience when you're not the president or come from the senate. i believe that the president needs to show a lot of strength of leadership, he needs to really focus and drill down. i think that this is an opportunity for him to show real presidential strength. you saw in the last debate where he really talked about foreign policy things he's committed to he came off very strong. i think this is an opportunity for him to drill down on the strength, his leadership capability and the fact that he has some successes. he doesn't want to start spiking the football. democrats shouldn't spike the football after the last debate. there's a lot of campaign left. he needs to be very focused and deliberate on what he's done successfully. >> shirl let's move on to the next topic with you as we talk about senate in the balance. there are some fierce battles in some key
and how do you expect him to handle the libya issue? >> well, i think that this is an area where the president always has an upper hand on the challenger because you really don't have experience when you're not the president or come from the senate. i believe that the president needs to show a lot of strength of leadership, he needs to really focus and drill down. i think that this is an opportunity for him to show real presidential strength. you saw in the last debate where he really...
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jonathan to you first in terms of the libya question, after that moment at the debate this week, there was some talk out there that romney had sort of neutralized it or obama had basically neutralized the issue as a talking point for republicans. that does not seem to be the case as much. i wonder what you make the president's handling thus far and his discussion with jon stewart as far as benghazi and how the administration handled it? >> >> in the debate he gave his most tonally forceful answer but also kind of avoided the specifics of the charge a little bit. that's what romney is going to try to hit him on at the foreign policy debate. what he's going to hit romney on is i think trying to tie him back to the bush administration, bush administration foreign policy, you know, apparatus which is a good thing to had hit him on. you have doug talking about strategic misjudgments, sort of doug's middle game name. >> that's a long middle name. >> it's wordy but he can fairly tie him into this whole crew that's basically his same foreign policy advisers, right? >> he can. and we will talk
jonathan to you first in terms of the libya question, after that moment at the debate this week, there was some talk out there that romney had sort of neutralized it or obama had basically neutralized the issue as a talking point for republicans. that does not seem to be the case as much. i wonder what you make the president's handling thus far and his discussion with jon stewart as far as benghazi and how the administration handled it? >> >> in the debate he gave his most tonally...
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you heard jonathan bring up the investigation into libya. we know that the administration seemed to stumble and stammer throughout that -- throughout the early details and romney did the same thing with his early jump to get a press release out trying to capitalize ploliticaly off of this. is that the great problem of a four-year administration that warrant the criticism that the obama administration is weak and failed? >> i don't think so it is. the argument that the republicans put forward is a very, very weak one. the headline out of the speech today, the headline tomorrow is syria. that's the only place where there's a little bit of daylight -- substandard. >> andrea mitchell made the poir point we don't know what's happening to help the rebels. governor romney would be more up front with giving them weapons and helping and assisting the rebels. we don't know what's going on. >> there's enough reporting to suggest that isn't taking place. words do matter. if you have a presidential candidate saying up front i will arm these people, that
you heard jonathan bring up the investigation into libya. we know that the administration seemed to stumble and stammer throughout that -- throughout the early details and romney did the same thing with his early jump to get a press release out trying to capitalize ploliticaly off of this. is that the great problem of a four-year administration that warrant the criticism that the obama administration is weak and failed? >> i don't think so it is. the argument that the republicans put...
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consulate in benghazi, libya, september 11, sparked political bickering during hearings on capitol hill. security officials charged with protecting the compound testified that requests to keep an american military team in libya were denied and that protection was cut in the weeks leading up to the deadly assault. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we weren't allowed to keep what we had. >> it was abundantly clear we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of an incident. >> state department officials have said keeping the team on site likely would not have changed outcome in the attack because the team was based in tripoli. republican lawmakers on the panel accused the state department of failing to protect the consulate while democrats accused republicans of cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from embassy security financing in recent years. the obama administration's handling of the incident has been called into question after it was revealed that there had not been a protest outside the consulate directly contradicting accounts pro
consulate in benghazi, libya, september 11, sparked political bickering during hearings on capitol hill. security officials charged with protecting the compound testified that requests to keep an american military team in libya were denied and that protection was cut in the weeks leading up to the deadly assault. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we weren't allowed to keep what we had. >> it was abundantly clear we were not going to get...
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take advantage of the fatal attack on the american consulate in libya, it started kbfr the attack was over, before the deaths had been confirmed there. it has looped into his campaign now. one of the americans killed in that attack is sort of an unwilling political surrogate after he's died. the man's friend and family finally appear to have put a stop to that today but an effort to get partisan advantage out of this attack on american interests and the death of four americans abroad is also happening now in washington, where a congressman who is a romney surrogate convened this hearing in washington. jason chaffetz of utah said that he had to step in to ensure that more security was in benghazi for diplomatic missions. >> i believe personally we could have and should have saved the life of ambassador stevens. >> you should also know that this is jason chaffetz, the same guy speaking to you on cnn. watch. >> is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security? >> absolutely. we have to make choices in this country. we have -- think about this -- 15,000 contractors in ira
take advantage of the fatal attack on the american consulate in libya, it started kbfr the attack was over, before the deaths had been confirmed there. it has looped into his campaign now. one of the americans killed in that attack is sort of an unwilling political surrogate after he's died. the man's friend and family finally appear to have put a stop to that today but an effort to get partisan advantage out of this attack on american interests and the death of four americans abroad is also...
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. >>> and mitt romney is throwing the long ball on libya. >> he should be exploiting it. >> coming up, how the president needs to handle the benghazi question at the debate. >>> introduce their transition team and the next bullet out of their meeting was by the way by the end of 2012 all the jobs in this plant will be moved to china. >> welcome back to "the ed show." we first brought you the story of technologies back in july on "the ed show." sensata is a car manufacturing company in freeport, illinois. it's majority owned by bain capital. the company is set to close its illinois factory by the end of 2012 and outsource the jobs to china. it puts workers in a desperate situation. >> they informed us they would be bringing some of the people from china for us to train. like a slap in the face. just think how you would feel. you're taking my job but then i'll have to train you. >> the company set a record for profits last year. we make the very best product in the world in that plant. and their only motivation is they want more money. >> sensata had record profits last year and it's
. >>> and mitt romney is throwing the long ball on libya. >> he should be exploiting it. >> coming up, how the president needs to handle the benghazi question at the debate. >>> introduce their transition team and the next bullet out of their meeting was by the way by the end of 2012 all the jobs in this plant will be moved to china. >> welcome back to "the ed show." we first brought you the story of technologies back in july on "the ed...
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romney wants to link president obama to president carter by comparing the current events in libya to carter's issues with iran. the candidate telegraphed his new strategy in a "wall street journal" op-ed this weekend. the campaign says romney will give a major foreign policy speech this week. romney is taking his message to the air waves. >> i think they want to do their best to keep the people of america from understanding exactly what happened. we expect candor, we expect transparency, particularly to terrorism. >> it's hard to understand how mitt romney thinks this strategy is going to work. romney was hammered for his initial response to the attack in the middle east. he blamed the president for sympathizing with protesters. romney is a 14-point disadvantage for terrorist issues. romney can't pick a strategy and stick with it. the campaign, they used to be all about jobs. the romney slogan was obama isn't working. but then all of a sudden, the campaign was about obamacare and the slogan was "repeal and replace." that didn't work so romney moved on to "we did build that." republic
romney wants to link president obama to president carter by comparing the current events in libya to carter's issues with iran. the candidate telegraphed his new strategy in a "wall street journal" op-ed this weekend. the campaign says romney will give a major foreign policy speech this week. romney is taking his message to the air waves. >> i think they want to do their best to keep the people of america from understanding exactly what happened. we expect candor, we expect...
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decisions in iran and what went on in benghazi and security concerns leading up to what happened in libya. so the president is going to be defending his record and milt romney has not laid out a lot of specifics on foreign policy. so it will be interesting to see if the president will be turning the tables on mitt romney. >> besides foreign policy, the romney campaign is going to keep hammering away -- >> if barack obama is re-elected what will the next four years be like? the debt will grow from $16 trillion to $20 trillion, taxes on the middle class will go up by $4,000. >> is this the line of attack that we're going to be hearing from the romney campaign before the election? >> you're starting to see it in the closing arguments. there's a lot of certainties in that ad that will be interesting to see how the fact checkers for "the washington post" and elsewhere deal with because usually there's caveats, this could happen, this might happen, in this ad they're saying this will happen, so we'll have to see what's happening there, but it's no sign that the romney campaign will return to th
decisions in iran and what went on in benghazi and security concerns leading up to what happened in libya. so the president is going to be defending his record and milt romney has not laid out a lot of specifics on foreign policy. so it will be interesting to see if the president will be turning the tables on mitt romney. >> besides foreign policy, the romney campaign is going to keep hammering away -- >> if barack obama is re-elected what will the next four years be like? the debt...
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but we'll see if the general nature of those areas allows libya to come up, which we know the romney folks want to do. debates are as much about style as substance and this is a reality show where obama and romney will meet in the first time in nearly five years before their biggest audience of the campaign. the first 2008 presidential debate between the president and john mccain got seven times the audience of the highest rated 2012 republican primary debate. think about that. seven times. past debates show romney and obama have to worry about cut away shots that are less than flattering. in the past both candidates have come across as irritable, patronizing or disengaged. this was chris christie's advice to the candidates yesterday. >> what you do is go out and be yourself. and people either like it or don't. if they don't, they are going to vote for somebody else. not a tragedy. no one dies. >> finally speaking of debates, there was a barn burner last night in massachusetts where scott brown and democratic challenger elizabeth warren faced off in a debate. moderated by nbc's david
but we'll see if the general nature of those areas allows libya to come up, which we know the romney folks want to do. debates are as much about style as substance and this is a reality show where obama and romney will meet in the first time in nearly five years before their biggest audience of the campaign. the first 2008 presidential debate between the president and john mccain got seven times the audience of the highest rated 2012 republican primary debate. think about that. seven times....
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. >>> coming up, mitt romney hammering the white house on its handling of the attack in libya. but is that a way to win over undecided voters? we'll talk about that with a brain trust. first, though, what is a fact? we'll look at the science of fact checking. we'll also explore the role of truth in this hyper partisan election, next. endless shrimp is our most popular promotion at red lobster. there's so many choices, the guests love it! [ male announcer ] don't miss endless shrimp, just $14.99! try as much as you like, anyway you like. like new teriyaki grilled shrimp. offer ends soon! my name is angela trapp, and i sea food differently. my name is angela trapp, you're not just looking for a by house. eyes you're looking for a place for your life to happen. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers..
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to delegitimize, sarah palin accusing obama of shuck and jive, that's her phrase, wonderful lady, on libya. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." throughout the obama presidency we've seen blatant attempts by the far right to discredit and delegitimize the president. group of wealthy conservative activists planned to release a targeted dvd to targeted people. "the times" writes a 30-person focus group looked at three choices d'souza's 2016 obama's america, which theorizes that president's political beliefs were shaped by the radical anti-colonial views of his kenyan father and dreams of my real father which posits the implausible theory that the president's real father is mr. davis and that mr. davis indoctrinated him early on. they receives copies of "dreams of my father" in the mail, jonathan alter and "chicago tribune" columnist clarence paige, the blatantness went through the roof, sarah palin who people have mixed views put out a facebook "obama's shuck and jive ends with benghazi lies" referring to the attack on the libyan embassy. dog
to delegitimize, sarah palin accusing obama of shuck and jive, that's her phrase, wonderful lady, on libya. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." throughout the obama presidency we've seen blatant attempts by the far right to discredit and delegitimize the president. group of wealthy conservative activists planned to release a targeted dvd to targeted people. "the times" writes a 30-person focus group looked...
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compound in libya and have included possible strikes against targets in north africa. i think it'll be interesting to hear how these issues are played out in one of the debates, which i believe is focused on foreign policy. i just want the candidates to be asked about this. >> there's also, mika, a front page in the "new york times" that everybody ought to read saying u.s. abandoning hopes for taliban peace deal. just to go back to afghanistan. it says one of the expectations was that we could batter the taliban coming to the table to work out some kind of a deal. well, we all could've handed our government history books that would indicate over history that wasn't going to happen. so the idea that's a surprise that the taliban isn't going to suddenly sit down with us and work out a government and work alongside us should not come as a surprise to people, but apparently it is. now we walk away from that possibility. >> obviously afghanistan has a long history with the british, the soviets, everybody. and there's a famous saying, you can't want democracy for more than t
compound in libya and have included possible strikes against targets in north africa. i think it'll be interesting to hear how these issues are played out in one of the debates, which i believe is focused on foreign policy. i just want the candidates to be asked about this. >> there's also, mika, a front page in the "new york times" that everybody ought to read saying u.s. abandoning hopes for taliban peace deal. just to go back to afghanistan. it says one of the expectations...
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the associated press reported, quote, the cia station chief in libya reported to washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate that it was evidence it was carried off by militants, not a spontaneous mob about a video ridiculing prophet muhammad. it's not clear when that information got to the white house. it ensures questions won't go away. what is the truth about what happened in benghazi, who was responsible? was it planned or spontaneous? what most importantly was the -- david sanger is chief washington correspondent for "the new york times." david, i want to go to you. i've been reading a lot of "the times" about this. i guess the question is what are the charges being made by romney and the other republicans is this was motivated by a plan to do something of a terrorist style on 9/11, nothing to do with the video that was made in los angeles which ridiculed the prophet. was the motivation a planned 9/11 marking by a terrorist group or was it an opportunistic move which jumped on this video and used that as a cause to attack? which one? >> well, ch
the associated press reported, quote, the cia station chief in libya reported to washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate that it was evidence it was carried off by militants, not a spontaneous mob about a video ridiculing prophet muhammad. it's not clear when that information got to the white house. it ensures questions won't go away. what is the truth about what happened in benghazi, who was responsible? was it planned or spontaneous? what most...
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hey, let's talk about libya. there are a lot of complaints that the white house -- >> there's accusations, even. >> there are accusations they're covering up, that me missed the rising threat in libya of al qaeda. they mischaracterized the attack. what's your take on what happened in libya? >> i'm not sure i know enough about it. i'm not sure the administration knows enough about it. the place is messy. but is that a surprise to anyone? there was a strange government that collapsed in a pool of blood. and now we see the aftermath. and the aftermath always is protracted. we have the same problem on a much different and a bigger scale in egypt. we are developing such a problem, we're being confronted by such a problem increasingly in syria. tell me who is the opposition in syria? we are all concerned about the problem, the loss of life, the killings. we know who assad is. the united states says he should go. who's the opposition? you tell me. >> which is the same question we were asking in libya before gadhafi fell
hey, let's talk about libya. there are a lot of complaints that the white house -- >> there's accusations, even. >> there are accusations they're covering up, that me missed the rising threat in libya of al qaeda. they mischaracterized the attack. what's your take on what happened in libya? >> i'm not sure i know enough about it. i'm not sure the administration knows enough about it. the place is messy. but is that a surprise to anyone? there was a strange government that...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. it contradicted early statements from susan rice including one on "meet the press" where she said a protest in response to a youtube video, a spontaneous protest got out of hand and turned into an event that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. what is the white house's position on what exactly happened that night? >> well, let me be careful here, willie. i don't have the job i used to have and don't have access to the type of intelligence that people do at the white house. let me say this about susan rice. nobody has been a better public servant in this administration than susan rice. i have no doubt that what susan rice said was exactly the intelligence assessments she was provided by the intelligence community in order to prepare for those appearances. nobody wants to get to the bottom of this more than the obama administration and the white house. we need to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our consulates and our missions across the world. w
consulate in benghazi, libya. it contradicted early statements from susan rice including one on "meet the press" where she said a protest in response to a youtube video, a spontaneous protest got out of hand and turned into an event that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. what is the white house's position on what exactly happened that night? >> well, let me be careful here, willie. i don't have the job i used to have and don't have access to the type of...
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then there's elliot cohen, who says romney wouldn't rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it's no wonder romney's foreign policy got a thumbs up from donald rumsfeld who tweeted, terrific, comprehensive speech by romney. he knows the role of the united states in the world should be a leader. it came out of the play book. vote for us, or we're going to get attacked again. >> america's security and the cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> mitt romney will not let americans know what his real policies are. it's the bush administration all over again, especially when it comes to foreign policy. how does that sit with you? obama adviser robert gibbs and newt gingrich can agree on how mitt romney will say anything to get elected. >> mr. speaker, you mentioned that your opponent mitt romney had a problem with being dishonest in the primary. was he dishonest when he said that? >> i think he's clearly changed. >> romney's positions have changed. the only path for the white house is for voters to pretend the changes ne
then there's elliot cohen, who says romney wouldn't rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it's no wonder romney's foreign policy got a thumbs up from donald rumsfeld who tweeted, terrific, comprehensive speech by romney. he knows the role of the united states in the world should be a leader. it came out of the play book. vote for us, or we're going to get attacked again. >> america's security and the cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four...
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then there's romney adviser elliott cohen who says romney wouldn't rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it's a wonder romney's foreign policy got a thumb's up from donald rumsfeld who treated terrific comprehensive speech by governor romney. he knows america's role in the world should be a leader, not as a spectator. wow. the new mitt romney's closing remarks came right out of the bush cheney neon play book, folks. vote for us or we're going to get attacked again. >> america's security and cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> mitt romney will not let americans know what his real policies are. it is the bush administration all over again. especially when it comes to foreign policy. how's that sit with you? even obama adviser robert gibbs and newt "the gary radnich shgi anything to get elected. >> mr. speaker, you mentioned that your opponent mitt romney had a problem with being dishonest in the primary. my problem is with, was he dishonest when he said that. >> i think it is clear his position changed. >> the only path for
then there's romney adviser elliott cohen who says romney wouldn't rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it's a wonder romney's foreign policy got a thumb's up from donald rumsfeld who treated terrific comprehensive speech by governor romney. he knows america's role in the world should be a leader, not as a spectator. wow. the new mitt romney's closing remarks came right out of the bush cheney neon play book, folks. vote for us or we're going to get attacked again....
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show" last night president obama faced questions about his administration's reaction to the attack in libya. >> i wasn't confused that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world after it happened and that we had to investigate exactly what happened to it gets fixed and i wasn't confused that we would hunt down who did it and bring them to justice. >> it was not the optimal response to the american people as far as us all being on the same page. >> this is what i'll say. if four americans get killed, it's not optimal. we're going to fix it. >> all of it. >> joining me now, "the new york times"columnist. good to have you here. is that a preview of what we'll see next week in the foreign policy debate? >> i think that romney is going to hammer obama on the libyan security issue. you know, it's clear that the administration made some mistakes. it's clear in retrospect that security was inadequate. i think most people would say that the administration has not focused enough in recent years on the rise of al qaeda in northern africa. and the initial statements in retrospect, you kn
show" last night president obama faced questions about his administration's reaction to the attack in libya. >> i wasn't confused that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world after it happened and that we had to investigate exactly what happened to it gets fixed and i wasn't confused that we would hunt down who did it and bring them to justice. >> it was not the optimal response to the american people as far as us all being on the same page. >> this is...
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president, he's good at it but there may be trouble if the administration can't get his story clear on libya. i think its his chance to thend discussion, put a bottom line on what happened, what we knew, when we knew it, and what we could have done and what we couldn't have done. this is "hardball," the place for politics. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >>> outspoken republican congressman allen west headed for re-election or not? we have two polls with different results. first, a new ppp poll shows west leading pass trick myrrh fi by 51% to 42%. but a sunshine state news poll out today has the race much tighter. west's lead in the poll was only one, nothing really,
president, he's good at it but there may be trouble if the administration can't get his story clear on libya. i think its his chance to thend discussion, put a bottom line on what happened, what we knew, when we knew it, and what we could have done and what we couldn't have done. this is "hardball," the place for politics. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up...
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people questioning libya because it was much more recent. it's very hard for a sitting president to get his kudos from things he did in the last couple years when people are just on last week's news cycle and mitt romney's not feeding the beast. he's refusing to feed the media beast in his mind any bit of raw meat. >> as you wrote in your "rolling stone" piece, doug, president obama used some rather saucy language to talk about romney. he said, quote, you know, kids have instincts. they look at the other guy and they say, well, that's a bser i can tell. we don't use the word here of course, this is television. did he say that in passing? >> it was after we left the oval office in passing, just doing a little bit of small talk. i found it just part of the rhythm of what we were doing. it was laughing a little bit. i didn't take it very seriously. you know -- >> he doesn't like romney too much, does he? >> doesn't care for romney. but that bs word is used by every single -- 99% of america uses it and i think it came from the heart. he was tell
people questioning libya because it was much more recent. it's very hard for a sitting president to get his kudos from things he did in the last couple years when people are just on last week's news cycle and mitt romney's not feeding the beast. he's refusing to feed the media beast in his mind any bit of raw meat. >> as you wrote in your "rolling stone" piece, doug, president obama used some rather saucy language to talk about romney. he said, quote, you know, kids have...
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should have gone in deeper on libya and syria. should be tougher on drawing a bright line earlier than anybody but the israelis in terms of the iranian nuclear threat. everything is go to war, go to war. name anyone in his family history going back or forward who has ever put on a military uniform. they have no intention of participating in all these wars in any way and yet he wants to fight it as an instinct. it doesn't square. you can't have an instinct for martial activity, military activity in every issue. first thing you think is military and they evnever think you're doubt to ever have anybody participate. how can you be such a chicken hawk? let me go to steve on that. isn't there a little shame in his eyes when he cease these kids coming back dismembered? why aren't we doing that. my father, me, brothers, nobody. it never occurs to them to join the mill tear. i didn't believe in the vietnam war but i wasn't out there protesting for the war like he was at stanford. he was one of the guys out there protesting the protesters a
should have gone in deeper on libya and syria. should be tougher on drawing a bright line earlier than anybody but the israelis in terms of the iranian nuclear threat. everything is go to war, go to war. name anyone in his family history going back or forward who has ever put on a military uniform. they have no intention of participating in all these wars in any way and yet he wants to fight it as an instinct. it doesn't square. you can't have an instinct for martial activity, military activity...
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night's debate happened when mitt romney challenged president obama on his response to the crisis in libya. well, jon stewart asked, shouldn't the words please proceed, governor, from obama have served as some sort of tip off for mitt romney? apparently not. take a look. >> i think it's interesting the president just said something which is that on the day after the attack, he went in the rose garden and said that this was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror? it was not -- >> please proceed. >> is that what you're saying? >> please proceed. >> when you feel you're about to spring what you, governor romney, think is the chaek mate moment of the debate and your debate opponent says to you "please proceed," are you trying to open that door? allow me to open it wider. when yaur opponent does that, you might want to take a breath and wonder if ala wily yoet and the road riner that door your opponent is pointing to is merely paint on a rock. >>> next, wisconsinite paul ryan is a green bay packers fan but he praised on the browns. specifi
night's debate happened when mitt romney challenged president obama on his response to the crisis in libya. well, jon stewart asked, shouldn't the words please proceed, governor, from obama have served as some sort of tip off for mitt romney? apparently not. take a look. >> i think it's interesting the president just said something which is that on the day after the attack, he went in the rose garden and said that this was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the...
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congressman ryan uttered the same words that the obama administration has been weak and libya and syria have been mishandled. here's congressman ryan fakes off on one of the deans of foreign policy for this administration. >> i think a tremendous disadvantage for congressman ryan, as it will be for governor romney when he faces off against the president on foreign affairs. i think joe biden will make sure they don't stray from the truth. in yesterday's speech somewhat unbelievably to me after all the contention about misstatements, governor romney made two significant misstatements again shows a disregard for the facts. one he said, tamron, there was no discussion of terrorism in the 2008 debates. we saw last night on msnbc they played the tape. >> there's tape to prove he wasn't accurate. >> 40 mentions of terrorism in that debate, and he said president obama hasn't signed a single free-trade agreement, when, in fact, he signed three. joe biden won't let him get away with it. going back to domestic policy for a section, congressman ryan said we don't have enough time to make the math a
congressman ryan uttered the same words that the obama administration has been weak and libya and syria have been mishandled. here's congressman ryan fakes off on one of the deans of foreign policy for this administration. >> i think a tremendous disadvantage for congressman ryan, as it will be for governor romney when he faces off against the president on foreign affairs. i think joe biden will make sure they don't stray from the truth. in yesterday's speech somewhat unbelievably to me...
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"obama, romney spar over libya, iran, and china." i think a more interesting conversation that would be china. not necessarily the outsourcie ing part, but how does the united states plan to work with that country? might make for an interesting conversation. >> they're also going through an economic revolution. >> that too. i think jonathan is right. iran will be the main focus. >> peter, to you. >> i think our headline is going to be "where is the anti-war candidate, and why has president obama chosen to basically run the bush playbook when it comes to civil libertieliberties?" it's going to be hard to find a difference between obama and romney in a lot of ways. guantanamo, indefinite detention, warrantless wiretapping, drone strikes in particular. i'd like to see a pretty rous debate over that tomorrow night. >> okay. peter, thank you so much. jonathan and ed, have a great sunday. >> thanks, richard. >>> before we go, we want to update you on the break news out of wisconsin. police say a dunman opened fire at a day spa earlier toda
"obama, romney spar over libya, iran, and china." i think a more interesting conversation that would be china. not necessarily the outsourcie ing part, but how does the united states plan to work with that country? might make for an interesting conversation. >> they're also going through an economic revolution. >> that too. i think jonathan is right. iran will be the main focus. >> peter, to you. >> i think our headline is going to be "where is the...
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>> talking about benghazi, just back from libya. >> all right, andrea. thank you, up next, the "washington post's" eugene robinson joins the conversation. also, molly ringwald. >>> but first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> morning to you, mika, on this tuesday. a lot of travel issues around the country today. it's not exactly warm either. it's kind of a murky weather pattern along the eastern sea board. clouds from boston down to d.c. there are a few showers too. sprinkles out there occasionally. things will improve for areas along the east coast. by the time we get to thursday, boston, temperatures don't warm up too much. but at least we're going to see the sun returning and that'll be the case all the way down the east coast. otherwise, it's a very cold morning in the northern plains. the windchills are in the 20s in many areas and that cold air is going to sweep to minneapolis, des moines, st. louis, and chicago during the day today. the exception, if you're in oklahoma through texas and deep south, what a beautiful day it's
>> talking about benghazi, just back from libya. >> all right, andrea. thank you, up next, the "washington post's" eugene robinson joins the conversation. also, molly ringwald. >>> but first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> morning to you, mika, on this tuesday. a lot of travel issues around the country today. it's not exactly warm either. it's kind of a murky weather pattern along the eastern sea board. clouds from boston down to...
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stewart on "the daily show" where he faced questions about the administration's handling of the attack in libya and the communication problem that followed. >> we weren't confused about the fact that four americans had been killed. >> sure. >> i wasn't confused about the fact that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world right after it happened. i wasn't confused about the fact that we had to investigate exactly what happened so it getted fixed, and i want confused about the fact that we're going to hunt down whoever did it and bring them to justice. >> i would say you would even admit it was not the optimal response at least to the american people as far as us all being on the same page. >> well, here's what i'll say. >> yeah. >> if four americans get killed, it's not optimal. >> right. >> and we're going to fix it. >> all of it. >> all of it. >> ed rendell, there are certainly some who are reacting to the use of the word "optimal" in this case. what's your take? >> jon stewart said it first in that exchange. and i think what the president meant is, it's not acceptable. i'm no
stewart on "the daily show" where he faced questions about the administration's handling of the attack in libya and the communication problem that followed. >> we weren't confused about the fact that four americans had been killed. >> sure. >> i wasn't confused about the fact that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world right after it happened. i wasn't confused about the fact that we had to investigate exactly what happened so it getted fixed, and...
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officials charged with protecting the compound testified that requests to keep an american military team in libya were denied. and that protection was cut in the weeks leading up to the deadly assault. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we were not even allowed to keep what we had. >> it was abundantly clear, we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of an incident. >> this story is going to just grow. and it's looking very, very bad for the administration and the decisions that were made to cut security there. state department officials have said that keeping the team on site likely would not have changed the outcome of the attack because the team was based in tripoli. >> all right. that's a look at the headlines. to politico now. >> willie, you brought this up yesterday. the state department statements make no sense at all. susan rice's statements five days after made no sense. the white house's back-and-forth to responses. boy, this story keeps growing. >> the state department couldn't have been more clear. they said there were no protests. now
officials charged with protecting the compound testified that requests to keep an american military team in libya were denied. and that protection was cut in the weeks leading up to the deadly assault. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we were not even allowed to keep what we had. >> it was abundantly clear, we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of an incident. >> this story is going to just grow. and it's looking very,...